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Hello Dear People!
A big thank you to everyone who registered and attended our Community Learn-In last night! We had a fantastic turnout, shared good discussion, and are ready for the Public Hearing next Tuesday, November 28th at 6pm ET.
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It's actually something of a miracle that the Michigan Department of Environment Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) has granted us this hearing. In years past, we have been denied any kind of engagement on this permit and concerns around it. Again, THANK YOU to everyone who signed onto our public comment! The voices of the people made this happen. So, let's make good use of this hearing and pack the halls! All comments made at this hearing will go on the record in favor of protecting Lake Erie. Let's keep putting pressure on to Save Our Water and Our Health.
We have a range of resources available to support and educate ahead of the hearing. Check them out:
For those unable to attend and anyone wanting to replay the learn-in, you can watch the recording here. During the meeting, we got some great training on how to compose a comment for a public hearing, including examples of good vs bad comments, and practicing in front of an audience.
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Here's something to remember: you don't need to be a nuclear expert to speak out against this dirty industry and the impact it has on our communities. We want to honor the wide range of experience, education, and bandwidth of our community showing up. All of us do not need to be experts on the topic. It is completely fine to step forward at the hearing and state: "This is who I am, these are our demands, and this is why this is important to me." What's important is that we are unified in saying NO to the pollution of our Great Lakes.
On the Resources page of our website, we have some documents shared to help prepare for the hearing. The first document, the Community Learn-In Resource, is one page laying out the building blocks for your comment. This is a great baseline to review if you're new to making statements and it spells out the demands CRAFT is making of Michigan and DTE.
If you would like a deeper dive into the issues at hand, the second and third documents in our resources are the public comments CRAFT submitted to EGLE regarding the offending permit. You can read more about the technical details of the permit if you are interested in engaging in discussions of greater depth.
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Again, it is not only fine but encouraged for there to be a variety of levels of experience and education among those of us speaking out. We will all find our place in the broad scope of who is willing to stand for our waters and for public health.
The hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, November 28th, at 6pm ET. Use the link below to register. We encourage you to indicate that you would like to make a comment in the registration but it is not necessary. You can opt to comment at the meeting, but you will be added to the back of the queue.
If you are not able to attend, EGLE will still receive written comments after the hearing and we will follow up with those instructions next week.
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If you want to sign up for text reminders about the hearing, follow the link here:
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Only the PEOPLE will hold DTE accountable and stand to protect our health. We hope that you'll join us!
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Thank you all so much, here is to a safe and just energy future.
Peace and Safety,
The CRAFT Team
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Citizen's Resistance At Fermi Two (CRAFT) is an Indigenous-led, grassroots, organization, committed to an accessible, fair, and just energy future for all! CRAFT originally formed after the Christmas Day 1993 incident at the Fermi2 nuclear reactor that dumped 1.5 million gallons of untreated toxic, radioactive water into Lake Erie. We will continue to push for the closing of Fermi2, and for a safer world powered by renewables.
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